player of posición k leaders 2005 to 2023

Between the 2005 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 3,367 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,367	457	213	108	.664	448	3.15	12	5	0	2834.2	2,306	991	1,063	328	746	111	2	20	11,452	76	10.69	2.37	4.51	1.04	29.4	6.5	1.08	.287	3.38	75	3.16	76	7.32	310.2
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,342	509	257	141	.646	509	3.24	26	9	0	3325.1	2,793	1,197	1,298	340	925	109	0	27	13,549	95	9.05	2.50	3.61	0.92	24.7	6.8	1.12	.278	3.51	76	3.38	80	7.56	316.3
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,944	425	210	92	.695	422	2.48	25	15	0	2712.2	2,055	747	816	225	669	42	1	27	10,683	101	9.77	2.22	4.40	0.75	27.6	6.3	1.00	.269	2.71	63	2.81	70	6.82	364.8
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,879	562	217	145	.599	517	3.47	17	5	1	3244.1	3,064	1,251	1,346	341	736	71	8	22	13,278	100	7.99	2.04	3.91	0.95	21.7	5.5	1.17	.294	3.73	83	3.46	84	8.50	236.2
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
6	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
7	CC Sabathia	2,493	435	197	126	.610	434	3.63	33	10	0	2801.1	2,691	1,130	1,246	307	778	102	0	35	11,716	56	8.01	2.50	3.20	0.99	21.3	6.6	1.24	.297	4.00	85	3.70	86	8.65	194.7
8	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
9	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
10	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,189	343	120	80	.600	263	3.10	16	3	12	1780.2	1,449	614	664	193	416	111	25	15	7,177	41	11.06	2.10	5.26	0.98	30.5	5.8	1.05	.294	3.36	73	2.97	70	7.32	245.7
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,152	300	145	75	.659	300	3.17	8	5	0	1859.0	1,549	654	702	206	471	55	0	6	7,471	58	10.42	2.28	4.57	1.00	28.8	6.3	1.09	.293	3.40	79	3.13	76	7.50	208
13	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
14	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
15	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	99	4.31	104	8.65	-44.1
16	A.J. Burnett	1,958	333	127	119	.516	331	4.04	14	4	0	2086.2	1,984	936	1,030	209	802	119	1	20	8,946	129	8.45	3.46	2.44	0.90	21.9	9.0	1.34	.303	4.44	98	3.84	93	8.56	71.5
17	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,938	363	147	121	.549	361	3.70	16	6	1	2301.0	2,228	945	1,038	292	461	60	2	37	9,507	94	7.58	1.80	4.20	1.14	20.4	4.8	1.17	.287	4.06	91	3.74	92	8.71	94
18	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,930	364	155	114	.576	363	3.81	14	5	0	2329.2	2,311	985	1,070	256	656	111	0	24	9,825	96	7.46	2.53	2.94	0.99	19.6	6.7	1.27	.299	4.13	90	3.87	94	8.93	71.1
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,929	266	103	85	.548	266	3.59	2	1	0	1624.1	1,329	648	680	205	522	74	0	8	6,678	77	10.69	2.89	3.70	1.14	28.9	7.8	1.14	.285	3.77	85	3.50	83	7.36	126.4
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,906	341	136	95	.589	317	3.74	4	2	1	1889.0	1,743	784	852	215	660	85	4	21	8,009	58	9.08	3.14	2.89	1.02	23.8	8.2	1.27	.297	4.06	91	3.79	92	8.30	72.2
21	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,880	353	130	113	.535	352	4.00	3	2	0	1960.1	1,837	871	960	180	722	168	0	24	8,400	67	8.63	3.31	2.60	0.83	22.4	8.6	1.31	.304	4.41	100	3.77	94	8.43	59.5
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
23	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,851	368	144	111	.565	363	3.50	18	8	0	2245.0	2,080	874	946	249	634	120	1	21	9,323	36	7.42	2.54	2.92	1.00	19.9	6.8	1.21	.283	3.79	86	3.91	96	8.34	35.8
24	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,815	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	3	1	1	1813.2	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	9.01	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
25	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,788	312	119	102	.538	301	3.66	15	6	0	1918.1	1,709	780	814	202	540	58	3	31	7,887	39	8.39	2.53	3.31	0.95	22.7	6.8	1.17	.284	3.82	90	3.55	87	8.02	122